Game.



No. 821,476. PATENTED MAY 22, 1906.

E. H. ENDS.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1905.

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v @ZWM By EDWARD H. ENOS, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed June 24, 1905. Serial No. 266,795-

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD I-I. ENos, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salem, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in games, and refers particularlyto a target game especially adapted for the amusement of children andwhich will be instructive as well as amusing.

The object of my invention is the provision of a game of the classdescribed which can be simply and strongly made at a low cost and whichwill prove entertaining and instructive and will call for thedevelopment of a certain amount of skill.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists of a gamecomprising a box or casing, a flap forming an easel or target flexiblyhinged in said box, so that when the said parts are extended and placedon edge they will form an easel and so support each other, a faceimprinted on said flap, and apertures in the base of said flap adaptedto receive marbles or other spherical objects.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved game in position forplaying, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. i

In the drawings, the letter A designates the bottom of a game-box whichis of any convenient size and is of a depth sulficient to contain themarbles or other projectiles without interfering with the placing of thecover on the box. In the bottom of the box is adapted to fit the flap orboard B, forming an easel or target portion and made of some stiffmaterial, such as cardboard or wood, and this flap is flexibly hinged inthe bottom of the box at the up er edge C by means of cloth or otherflexib e material D. On this flap there is illustrated either byprinting directly thereon or applying a label thereto the face E of anytype-such as a man, fish, bird, or reptile-and which i sin this case theface of a man. This face may be grotesque or in any other form. In thelower part of the flap apertures F are out, which are sufiiciently largeto admit of the easy entrance of the projectiles, and they may beregular in form, as shown, or of any irregular shape. These aperturesare of such a shape as to conform to the outline of some part of thefigure or face and when the face of a man is employed are usually cut,as shown, to conform to the space between the teeth of the upper jaw ofthe face for the purpose of forming a life-like target withoutdisfiguring the features. Directly over the apertures numbers are placedwhich correspond to the value of the shot, and the value of thesenumbers is usually small in order that the score of the game may beeasily kept and followed. From this description, taken in connectionwith the drawings, it will be readily seen that I provide a game whichis amusing and instructive and may serve to amuse an indefinite numberof people, and the game is so constructed that it is entirely inclosedin the same box and may thus be easily carried about and Without fear oflosing the parts.

To play the game, the flap is drawn out at an angle so that it serves tohelp support the box, which is then placed on the floor or any otherfiat surface, and marbles or other suitable projectiles are shot at theopenin s either by means of the hand or a suitab e propelling mechanism.

At the top of the flap or easel portion may be placed the name of thegame, which may be of any suitable nature.

I claim 1. The combination of two hinged mem bers, one of said membershaving its edges turned up forming a bottom portion to a box, the othermember being flat and formed with cut-away portions in its lower edge.

2. The combination of two hinged members, one of said members having itsedges turned up to form a box-bottom, the other member forming a targethaving apertures provided in its lower edge, said member having therepresentation of a face or figure imprinted thereon or secured thereto.

3. The combination of two hinged members, one of said members havingupturned edges to form the bottom portion of a box, the other memberhaving a face or figure thereon, and cut-away portions formed in thelower edge of said member and conforming to the outline of the figure orface.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD I-I. ENOS.

Witnesses:

SARAH E. HUNT, ALFRED P. GOODELL.

